[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › The Purana Index # The Purana Index (The Purāṇa Index) Index of all proper names (persons, peoples, places, rivers, texts) in the Brahmāṇḍa, Matsya, Vāyu, Viṣṇu and Bhāgavata Purāṇas, with short notes and references. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dikshitar-vrr) - **Extent:** 29,614 passages, 366,000 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Madras: University of Madras 1951–55, 3 vols; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar †1953) ## Contents - [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1) — 5 parts - [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2) — 2 parts - [v3 Volume 3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3) — 2 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) · Pramāṇa